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People who can understand multiple languages, or have moved to another country, or otherwise traveled abroad; Do you feel like you experience existence from a PoV that nobody else can understand? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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And people who aren't part of any of these, do you think you are "missing" something?

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[–] 3 points 11 months ago

I'll tell you my little story. When I was fully immersed in it (you were sent home if you uttered a full sentence in English), I started dreaming in Irish. It was an amazing experience.

My mind had just switched and I loved it. I was 14 at the time and I still remember that. I had some trouble reverting to English after I came home. The more I switched over the years the less hassle it was. I never dreamt in Irish after the initial burst.

Conversely, I know a French lad about twenty years now who's been immersed in English longer than that and it's only in the last few years that he mostly dreams in English.

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